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I am very mildly infuriated by the fact that thinking "I am not a fish" genuinely works to stop Hiccups (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago by Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net to c/general@lemmy.world
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Ok, here me out, this is so small compare to other c/mildlyinfuriating that people would not casually read what I have to say.

For the last 3 months I've had hiccups 5 times. And I have hiccedup 6 times in total. In Juin It happened for the first time. I had hiccuped once and it reminded me of stories about "telling yourself your not a fish" so at the second hiccup I told myself, "I am not a fish"

Boom, nothing at all. I was mad. Why. God damn why. I am almost now pissed I am not hiccupping this make no sense.

But maybe, it was a random one in a hundred lucky moment where I told it to myself when it naturally stopped. And I awaited the next time .

End of the month of Juin. Going down the stairs from the cafeteria after eating with people,

I had one.

The second it happened I thought to myself how angry I was before and instantly told myself "I am not a fish". And nothing after... Oh boy I was fuming, there is no reason on earth that thinking I am a biped, a homo sapiens sapiens. How can my brain forget that I sapiens the sapiens and goes back to fish mode. You have the capacity if you'd wish to, to build rockets, but you forget your a human and find a bribe of fish DNA in me somewhere, wow

So I continued for the next two month. And after 3 month of evaluation, I have come to the conclusion that for me, this indeed works, but have not accepted the fact this sh.itjust.works .

Thank you for hearing this, and I can only invite you to try it, I personally almost missed the funny feeling of hiccups today doing it almost automatically

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[–] puddlexplorer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The phrenic nerve, also known as the major phrenic nerve, is an important nerve that plays a critical role in breathing. It originates from the spinal cord, specifically from the cervical vertebrae (C3-C5), and travels downward to reach the diaphragm, which is the primary muscle involved in breathing. The phrenic nerve controls the contraction of the diaphragm during inhalation, allowing the lungs to fill with air. If the phrenic nerve is injured or irritated, it can cause respiratory difficulties, such as hiccups, as it can lead to involuntary contractions of the diaphragm.

[–] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So it's basically just like a muscle anywhere else twitching sometimes, thanks!

Now there's only understanding why can a sentence stop it is left to answer

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've always believed it has something to do with the way breathing is tied into both involuntary and voluntary muscle contractions. You can of course control your breathing, but if you forget about it entirely, you'll just keep doing it automatically without thinking.

Because your diaphragm is a crucial part of that loop, it can receive signals from the conscious part of your brain as well as the autonomous side of your nervous system that keeps things running when the lights are out upstairs. But the brain - having evolved over millions of years rather than being currently designed - works in strange ways, and getting a conscious signal to actually move to that specific nerve group can take some mental trickery.